Earlier this year, we told you that one library from every state in the US would be receiving a JKR-signed copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The winning New Mexico library, in Belen, is raffling off its copy. One report says three thousand tickets have already been sold. According to this article, the …read more!

Today’s New York Times has a great story about Ralph Fiennes, prompted by his “onstage conversation” at yesterday’s screening of The Constant Gardner. The article gives a nice overview of Mr. Fiennes’ career including, of course, this bit about his portrayal of Lord Voldemort: “He turns Voldemort into a real character. He may have a …read more!

The “Text Only” option at JKRowling.com is now available in languages such as French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Thanks Roonwit and Pablo!

PotterCast #17 is up and available for download! In this show: On this show: -Introducing…Julie Tynion! -The mailbag crew figures out the whole ending to Harry Potter. (Sorry, Jo!) -The fan interview goes back to the day of the live podcast, with our first attendees! -Wand and wand theory in the modcast -A truly demanding …read more!

Kenneth Branagh has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the HBO film Warm Springs. The nomination is in the category “Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.” Congratulations, Kenneth!

Here are a couple of pieces of news tonight about some of the actors in the Harry Potter films. Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) will be featured on an upcoming episode of “Inside the Actors Studio” on Sunday, January 15th, 2006. This critically acclaimed program will feature a new in-depth interview of this wonderful actor, and …read more!

CBBC Newsround reports that the name of the lucky girl chosen to play Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix may be announced in early January. As we previously reported, the field has been narrowed to five actors, none of whose names has been released by Warner Brothers.

This summer, we told you about an article that appeared in “Nature” magazine about the heritability of wizardry. That article was featured in this week’s New York Times Magazine as one of the “most noteworthy ideas of the past twelve months.” The article includes a great chart showing the genetic chain of the Evans/Potter/Dursley family, …read more!

We’re really pleased to announce that The Cauldron Shop has unveiled a wishlist feature. This means that you can go create an account, and while you browse, add items to your wishlist, then send your own personalized page of items out to your friends and family. Or, your friends and family can search your name …read more!

Ann Curry interviewed the trio tonight on Dateline on NBC; you can see the clip here – thanks to RGMS and MN. Dateline, Dec 11, WMV (9.5MB)